Designer Ralph Lauren says his fancy cars have been an inspiration to him. Wang Linyan reports from New York.

Ralph Lauren loves cars. And this year for the first time he presented his Fall 2017 Runway Collection in his garage in Bedford, on the outskirts of New York City, which houses some of the world's rarest cars.

As models walked around his auto collection on Tuesday night before an audience of about 300 guests, the cars' design details came to life in sculpted leather and high-gloss silk clothes, two signature materials of his new Runway Collection.